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Colchester Youth Festivals
Colchester is very fortunate to have a ground with four full size pitches, six minis pitches and two training grids, making it ideal for hosting Rugby Festivals allowing plenty of room for clubs to play, and to warm-up and train between games.
The U14 Festival has been held annually since 1991 and has traditionally attracted teams from all over the United Kingdom, with sides from Blackheath, London Irish, Moseley, Bedford and Saracens taking part. Teams compete for the John Motum Plate, donated to the club by the long serving RFU committee member, who is also a past President of Colchester RFC.
The U15 Festival strated as a 10-a-side event in 1998 and changed to 15-a-side in 2001. It has also seen teams from far and wide taking part, including Llandaff and Abercynon from Wales, Sheffield, and Caldy from the Wirral. The winning team is presented with The Hospital Trophy.
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U15 Festival 2007
Trophy winners: Saracens
Runners Up : Cambridge
Plate: Old Elthamians
Shield A : Southwold
Shield B : Diss
Other teams taking part:
Ampthill
Colchester
Barking
Brentwood
Dunstablians
Ipswich
Luton
North Walsham
Norwich
Saracens B
Sudbury
Westcliff
Woodbridge
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U14 Festival 2007
Trophy winner: Colchester
Runners Up: Westcliff
Plate: Old Elthamians
Spoon: Saffron Walden
Other clubs taking part:
Colchester 'B'
Diss
North Walsham
Harlow
Ipswich
Clacton
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Festival Information
To enter one of the Festivals, or to find out more, contact Ross Cowie on 07786 332930 e-mail rossc@family145.freeserve.co.uk.
If you want to make one of the Festivals a focus for a youth tour, click this link.
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U15 Festival 2007
The date of the 2008 Festival is Sunday 27 April. Any interested clubs should e-mail the organiser in the first instance.
Clubs Entered to date
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U14 Festival 2008
The date of the 2008 Festival is Sunday 13 April. Any interested clubs should e-mail the organiser in the first instance.
Clubs Entered to date
Barking
Bedford
Braintree
Colchester A + B
Harlow
Harpenden A + B
Harwich
Hertford
Lowestoft & Yarmouth
Old Elthamians
Romford
Royston
Saffron Walden
Shelford
Sudbury
Witham
Woodbridge
Woodford
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